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Gross Beat

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Gross Beat is a real-time audio stream playback, pitch, position, and volume manipulation effect that uses a 2-bar rolling buffer to enable beat-synced glitch, stutter, repeat, scratching, and gating effects. Controlled by 36 time and 36 volume mapping envelopes, it excels at creative time-domain audio warping and serves as the plugin equivalent to a "Time Lord" for manipulating audio playback in real-time.

Key Features

0136 time mapping envelopes with preset slots
0236 volume mapping envelopes with preset slots
032-bar rolling audio buffer for time and pitch manipulation
04Click reduction and smoothing attack compensation controls
05HQ resampling with sinc interpolation for pitch-shifted audio
06Multiple curve types (Single curve, Double curve, Half sine, Pulse, Wave, Stairs, Smooth stairs, Hold, Alt single/double curve)
07Live MIDI slot switching and automation envelope control
08Real-time scratching dial with vertical mouse drag control

Things to Try

  • 01Use the Hold envelope to create horizontal mapping segments that play audio at normal speed forward
  • 02Match the slope of the Reverse guides in the mapping envelope for normal speed reverse playback, with steeper slopes playing fast reverse
  • 03Apply curved mappings (Single curve, Double curve, or Half sine envelopes) with tension handle adjustment for rising/falling pitch and scratching effects
  • 04Create silence or pause playback by matching the slope of the Safety Line with a straight Single curve envelope

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